
Simple Views On Condensed Matter (Third Edition)
Pierre-gilles De Gennes(Author)
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
3rd Edition
Published on 21. April 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
576 pages
978-981-238-282-5 (ISBN)
Description
This volume is a selection of invaluable papers by P-G de Gennes - 1991 Nobel Prize winner in Physics - which have had a long-lasting impact on our understanding of condensed matter. Important ideas on polymers, liquid crystals and interfaces are described. The author has added some afterthoughts to the main papers (explaining their successes or weaknesses), and some current views on each special problem. The text is simple and easy to read.
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Series
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Physicists, chemists, hydrodynamicists and materials scientists.
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
1065 gr
ISBN-13
978-981-238-282-5 (9789812382825)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (Collège de France)
Content
Part I: Solid State; Part II: Liquid Crystals; Part III: Polymers; Part IV: Interfaces; Part V: Wetting and Adhesion; Part VI: Chirality.